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6- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, September 10, 1996 @he Docf Devry Shy [FZ 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONT. - LOL 187 a RID PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX (905)485-3708 The Port Perry Star is authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, for cash payment of postage. Second Class Mail Registration 0265 Subscription Rates: 1 Year - $32.10 6 Months - $17.65 Foreign - $90.95 Includes $2.10 GST Includes $1.15 GST Includes $5.95 GST Editorial Comment A Canadian's greatest gift United Church congregations in Prince Albert and Port Perry are banding together to sponsor a family from war-torn Bosnia and help them begin a new life here, feature writer Heather McCrae tells us in a story on page 15 today. We wish them all the best, and hope that the community will respond to their call for additional help in the endeavor. It's becoming more and more apparent, with each study that emerges ranking Canada the best place in the world to live, that the finest gesture we as a people can extend is a welcome to new citizens. It's more of a gesture when the new citizen is a refugee from one of the world's many troubled corners. We've seen this kind of initiative here before, of course. Last January the congregation of Hope Christian Reformed Church in Prince' Albert welcomed to Canada Ali and Souline Baker and their children. The Bakers, Kurds from Iraq, fled the violent regime of Saddam Hussein and the persecution he heaped upon their people. They were welcomed here, and now live in peace. The children are attending school, and Ali and his sons are ready to enter the work force and make their own way. Tuna Dave must b Their story is particularly poignant given the To the Editor: ' events of the last couple of weeks, during . It seems that Janet Ecker, our new communi- * which Iraq has once more launched attacks on ty and social services minister, learned a lot the Kurds. If it were not for the people of during her short term as assistant to then-min- Scugog, that family might still be in harm's ister David 'Let them eat Tuna' Tsubouchi. Her way... new report on daycare reform recommends that already underpaid daycare workers should So it is that we should heed the call of the take a 25 per cent pay cut and at the same time, United Churches of Port and Prince Albert, they should take on more work and and assist them in their efforts to extend a hand responsibilities. to another family affected by civil war. But Janet, won't your boss, Mr. Harris, be Our greatest gift is the peace and prosperity upset? After all, didn't he just promise to give our land has to offer. PHOTO COURTESY SCUGOG SHORES MUSEUM VILLAGE REMEMBER a ; : ic SE : Thursday, Sept. 13, 1951 i | A very enjoyable time was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wanamaker, near Seagrave, for the reunion of the Mark family. Port Perry Fair hit a all time high in attendance when the gate receipts totaled $2,069.75 from 3,500 adult admissions and one thousand autos. There were an estimated 6,000 adults and children in attendance. members of Prince Albert and Port Perry United Churches joined to say farewell to Rev. Clifford and Mrs. Smith who were leaving Port Perry for Grand Bend. 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, Sept. 15, 1966 The Port Perry Merchants girls softball team coached by Jim Rider and Ken Moore won the Dr. Dymond trophy by defeating the Scugog Ramettes in three straight. Demolition started on the building occupied by the Brewers Retail . It was to be Pictured is the first Ontario County snowplow, from Archer Motor ratty beh 2 und new modern building | gales, Port Perry, taken in front of the Scugog Island Store on February directly behind it. A quartet comprised of Ken Skerratt, 27, 1939. :